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Where does “iridociliary” come from?

iridociliary (English) comes from English ciliary, from English -ary, from Italian -ario, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

iridociliary (English): Relating to the iris and the eyelashes

Definitions

  1. Relating to the iris and the eyelashes

Ancestry of “iridociliary”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishciliaryOf or pertaining to a cilium; Of or pertaining to...
2English-aryof or pertaining to; adjective suffix appended to...
3Italian-ario-ary; Added to nouns to create attributive...
4Latin-ārium—
5Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
6Proto-Italic*-om—
7Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →